In my
dream, I was working on a word search puzzle, and a man sitting nearby looked
over my shoulder. “I see an important phrase,” he said. I asked where and he
pointed it out.
I
opened my eyes and looked at my cell phone to see if it was time to get my
first cup of coffee. I forced my aching body out of my nice warm bed and went
to the kitchen. I carried my first cup back to bed to relax before walking the
dog and cooking breakfast.
While I
was eating breakfast, I grabbed my pen to finish the word search I had started
the day before. As soon as I looked at the puzzle, I realized the phrase the
man in my dream had pointed out to me was “I’m for Love.” Well, it wasn’t in
the puzzle in front of me, but I knew it was the title of an old country song.
I couldn’t remember much about the song but the chorus.
After
breakfast, I sat in front of my computer and thought I’d check out the lyrics
and chords for the song. I typed in I’m
and up popped “I’m for Love lyrics and chords.” Now if I’d said it aloud or had
previously searched for the song, that wouldn’t have been quite so strange.
I
picked up my ukulele, played the song, and sang it. Wow, those words were
uncanny for these times.
A lot
of people are for love, but sometimes it’s not easy. I always called an
Alzheimer’s caregiver’s love “unconditional” love. I was used to having love
reciprocated, but when Jim lived in the world of dementia, he didn’t show his
love anymore except during rare moments of clarity.
Our
marriage wasn’t perfect, but dementia made it more imperfect than I had ever
imagined. No matter whether we argued (loud talked), worked through depression
(his and mine), or struggled to pay the bills, the one constant in our marriage
was love.
I’m for
love. Without love, life seems kind of pointless. Love comes in many forms
whether it is romantic love or love for family, friends, or God. It can even be
unconditional love. Sure, when you put your heart out there, you open yourself
up to a world of hurt, but more importantly, you can find the secret to the
puzzle of life. It’s there in plain sight.
I
played my ukulele and posted “I’m for Love” to Facebook. I thought with all the
oddities that led me to that song, its message might resonate with someone that
needed it. Oh, sure the part about being against cats in the house might have
offended cat lovers. Truthfully, I shared my house with a cat for nine years.
I
promised to tell in a blog post the story behind choosing that song to sing. As
if I would forget, I opened up my blog folder to write this post, and
discovered the lyrics and chords of “I’m for Love.” Huh? How did that get in
the blog folder? I opened my song folder where it should have been saved, and
sure enough, the song wasn’t there.
A
simple cut and paste fixed the error. Now if I can just cut the negativity of
today and paste it to yesterday where it belongs, I’ll have much more room for
love and happiness.
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© January 2021 by L.S. Fisher
http://earlyonset.blogspot.com
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